Dr. Bussard and his team at Energy/Matter Conversion Corporation, after close to 20 years of hard work, have developed a revolutionary radiation-free fusion process that takes boron-11 and fuses a proton to it, producing, in its excited state, a carbon-12 atom. This excited carbon-12 atom decays to beryllium-8 and helium-4. It was developed under a DOD contract and has recently been made public.

How it Works

According to http://www.science.edu/TechoftheYear/TechoftheYear.htm

: "The fusion process recommended by Dr. Bussard takes boron-11 and fuses a proton to it, producing, in its excited state, a carbon-12 atom. This excited carbon-12 atom decays to beryllium-8 and helium-4. Beryllium-8 very quickly (in 10-13 s) decays into two more helium-4 atoms. This is the only nuclear-energy releasing process in the whole world that releases fusion energy and three helium atoms -- and no neutrons. This reaction is completely radiation free.

: "[The fusion process that powers stars is enabled by the gravitational force field that draws particles directly together]. Only one other force is known to be like gravity: this is the electric field force or "coulomb" force, between electrically-charged particles.

: "Charged particles of opposite signs attract each other with direct forces charged particles in electric fields feel forces directly along field gradients. Thus, fusion fuel plasmas could be held together efficiently by electric forces and electric fields. This is called "Electric Fusion".

Vital Electric Fusion: Proven, Safe, Cheap - Energy device in funding limbo for two decades -- dying on the vine for lack of nuclear weapons potential. Method developed by US Physicist, Dr. Robert W. Bussard, does not need to release neutrons (radioactivity) as part of the fusion process. (PESN May 9, 2007)